Aizawl: Mizoram Police have seized drugs and smuggled foreign-origin cigarettes worth a combined Rs 6.84 crore and arrested six persons in three separate operations across the state, officials said on Tuesday.
In the largest drug seizure, police intercepted a van along the Zokhawthar-Melbuk road in Champhai district near the Myanmar border on Monday. They recovered 3.275 kg of methamphetamine valued at approximately Rs 2.62 crore and 145 grams of heroin worth Rs 29 lakh.
The driver, identified as Lalthanvula (65), and the passenger, Sangkimi (58), both residents of Dinthar Veng in Champhai, were arrested in connection with the seizure.
In a separate operation, a special team of Saitual Police intercepted a Maruti Brezza car at Keifang on Sunday and recovered 733 grams of heroin packed in 58 soap cases. The seized contraband was estimated to be worth Rs 1.47 crore.
Two persons from Assam’s Nagaon district, identified as Johirul Islam (27) and Guljar Hussein (19), were arrested in connection with the case, police said.
Meanwhile, an Aizawl District Executive Force team intercepted two vehicles at Seling Naka late on Monday and seized 93 master cases of foreign-origin cigarettes valued at approximately Rs 2.47 crore.
The two persons apprehended in the operation were identified as Singrothuami (51), a resident of Edenthar Veng in Aizawl, and Lalchamliana (30), from Zokhawthar.
Further investigations into all three cases are underway, police said.